Long wait for call to majors was worthwhile for Ziegler
As defending Honda Classic champion, Adam Scott can testify, the Bear Trap has earned its reputation as one of the nastiest threehole stretches on the PGA Tour. Scott had two third-round tee shots wind up in the water for a quadruple-bogey 7 on the 15th hole on the Champion course at PGA National last year but somehow still won the tournament.
But as Scott can also testify, there’s a lot more to confront about the 7,045-yard layout than hole Nos. 15-17.
“PGA National is a bit of a brute,” Scott said this week when asked to describe the personality of the course that was redesigned by Jack Nicklaus 10 years ago. “It’s not just the Bear Trap, but many other holes have quite subtle challenges that make it tough for us. The course is a real stern test for most guys.
“We like to get down there and be a champion around such a fun track.”
This isn’t the Sanderson Farms Classic in Mississippi, where Cody Gribble shot a winning score of 20 under last October, or even the Phoenix Open earlier this month, where Hideki Matsuyama prevailed
Complete coverage of this week’s Honda Classic at PGA National, including calendar of events, ticket and parking information, and players to watch, C5 Dave George JUPITER — Most of Brad Ziegler’s new Miami Marlins teammates don’t know about his astonishing major league record from 2008.
They know he’s got that down-and-dirty submarine pitching delivery, which is rare enough, and they have discerned that he is older than any player here but the legendary Ichiro Suzuki, which makes Ziegler unusual once more, but the rest is kind of a blur.
So let’s lay it out there one time, in detail, if not in ALL CAPS.
When Ziegler fifirst came up to the majors with the Oakland A’s, he worked from his late May call- up all the way into mid- August without allowing his fifirst run.
We’re talking 39 consecutive scoreless innings at the very start of a career, which is 14 more than the previous record set in 1907 by the Phillies’ George McQuillan, who probably came to the ballpark in a
The Miami Dolphins announced Saturday that they have signed Pro Bowl defensive end Cameron Wake to a two-year contract extension. The deal is reportedly worth $19 million, with $11 million guaranteed.
Wake, 35, returned from a serious injury last season to lead Miami with 11.5 sacks and help the club reach the playoffffs for the fifirst time since 2008.
Thi s Pro Bowl was hi s fifth appearance and it was a big one for him personally after missing much of the 2015 season to a ruptured Achilles’ tendon.
“Just getting back here from where I c ame,” Wake s ai d in December when his Pro Bowl selection was announced. “Obviously, being injured and coming back and the year we had, it’s very rewarding and memorable. And to cap it offff with a Pro Bowl doesn’t hurt, either. The season was a step in the right direction, and now I get to enjoy some time with the best players in the world. To me, that’s a good way to end the season.”